Maritime record MHG52008 - SWALLOW: LOCH GAIRLOCH

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Location

Grid reference SV 00 00
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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Full Description

NG77NE 8007 unlocated
NLO: Loch Gairloch [name centred NG 77 76].
Possibly on map sheets NG77NW, NG77SW or NG77SE.
(Classified as wooden sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 16 October 1868). Swallow: this vessel was lost at Gairloch [Loch Gairloch].
Registration: Inverness. Built 1799. 19grt. Length: 12m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 43.0 W5 45.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
It remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 July 2008. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 295310.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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